LONDON — Shaken by polls showing momentum shifting toward independence for Scotland, the British government will offer proposals for greater political and fiscal autonomy for the Scots if they vote to remain within the United Kingdom in a referendum on Sept. 18, George Osborne, the chancellor of the Exchequer, said on Sunday. The narrowing polls…
Former Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, weekend, submitted that it would be illogical to refer the report of the just-concluded national conference to the National Assembly for clause by clause consideration. The former National Chairman of People Democratic Party, PDP, noted that issue of referendum or taking confab report to National Assembly should have been…
More stunning revelations on the relationship among Boko Haram, the government and the Australian negotiator, Dr. Stephen Davis, may be unveiled by the sect’s leadership this week. The move, according to a source close to the sect, is to put the record straight and clear the air on several controversial issues contained in the interview…
Yola— Anxiety, panic gripped residents of Mubi, the commercial nerve centre of Adamawa State, yesterday, as news spread that Boko Haram insurgents were closing in on the town. This came as the military vowed that the onslaught to checkmate activities of the terrorists will not stop until they are completely wiped out.The military has also…
Parents of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls are alleging grand conspiracy in the abduction of their daughters by the Boko Haram terrorists, even as they accused some top staff members of the school of having a prior knowledge of the kidnap. According to one of the parents of the girls, Bulama Jonah, some top staffers of…
Nigeria will export about 1.83 million bpd of crude oil in October, down from 1.94 million bpd exported in September, a drop of about 6 per cent over a period of one month, export data LEADERSHIP sourced from Platt Energy Markets, an international news agency, have shown. By current loading schedules, traders said some Angolan…
Some serving and retired military generals have thrown their weight behind the Department of State Services (DSS) which cleared former chief of army staff, Lt. General Onyeabo Azubuike Ihejirika (rtd) of alleged funding of the Boko Haram terrorists. They described the allegation as one of the diversionary tactics of the gang and vowed to end…
A former Minister of Petroleum, Prof Tam David-West,
LAGOS (AFP) – Christians in northeast Nigeria are paying a heavy price at the hands of Boko Haram, even if they are not being targeted specifically by the militants in their bloody quest for an Islamic state.Several towns in the northeastern states of Yobe, Borno and Adamawa have been attacked in recent weeks, sending thousands…
By Soni DanielAmid the dust raised by his allegation linking a former governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, and an erstwhile Chief of the Army Staff, Lt. General Azubuike Ihejirika, with the sponsorship of Boko Haram, an Australian negotiator, Dr. Stephen Davis, at the weekend, gave insight into how Abubakar Shekau hijacked the…